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April 1996

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When your arms get tired, you can't take the Chunnel

That chilly sleeve of water between Dover and Calais still exercises a tidal pull on the imaginations of marathon swimmers

Speeding Through the Great Books on the Road to Higher Learning

Speeding through the Great Books on the road to higher learning

Around the Mall & Beyond

Red-hot, beat-me-down, bring-you-up swing tunes' are just part of Radio Smithsonian's Black Radio...

Smithsonian Perspectives

Volunteer service at the Smithsonian is a time-honored tradition that goes all the way back to Joseph Henry, our first Secretary

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